Garry Shandling Quotes

I'm realizing this more and more that it's one thing to get involved with your own political beliefs and stand behind you believe in personally. But as far as bands doing that in a way where they think they're going to fight the government, the only people they're really hurting is the fans.

We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.

My parents always went to rallies and demonstrated against certain things; my generation, we often have a political conscience, but we're not that involved.

The only people available to change the world are the people now living in it, with all the beliefs they bring along - however retrograde those beliefs may appear to those of us who see ourselves as enlightened.

I never like to get political, but when you have the ability, through your media, to influence a large mass of people, I would want to be a part of the evolving cycle of progress vs. keeping things the way that they are.

I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views.

I would say that Barack Obama has always been a real optimist about what can be accomplished. He believes that government can be used to create systemic, long-term, real change. And the first lady is more of a skeptic.

I acted on my core beliefs on social issues as governor.

I'm part of an important movement that needs to happen.

Progressive politics is not something to be bolted on to another cause.

We are all in the Labour party because we want the Labour party to be a vehicle for social change. There is a thirst for debate in the party, and all those who have joined haven't joined without a purpose.

Developing compassion for Congress and politicians is a good way to begin practicing the new social activism if you want to make effective changes in the world. Perhaps the most startling new insight of all is that there is no other way to effectively change the world.

I am not political. It is not my job. But I would be happy if politicians could read my work and draw some conclusions from it.

Ironically enough, why I got into politics is because I came to the conclusion that if you wanted to save the world, which in my mind was through the environment, those elected officials seemed to be the ones who made a lot of the important decisions, if not the most important decisions.

The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is we who with our feet and our vote and our labors and our vigilance are supposed to shape our country.

I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.

Everything I do has an underlying political question.

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

Countries are not like financial markets. Social change cannot be executed as swiftly as credit-default swaps. You cannot sell short on social commitments and practical responsibilities.

I have a very strong political outlook, and that is something I'd like to take more responsibility for in my life. I don't believe in utilising certain aspects of the power I have with celebrity to push that forward, but I would like to make some films that address some of those political issues.

Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia.

From church to Congress, America has become a nation of self-indulgent, what's-in-it-for-me individual freedom seekers.

The world would be better off if more musicians were involved in politics.

The goal in the end is not to win elections. The goal is to change society.

The law is only one of several imperfect and more or less external ways of defending what is better in life against what is worse. By itself, the law can never create anything better... Establishing respect for the law does not automatically ensure a better life for that, after all, is a job for people and not for laws and institutions.